Chapter 299: The Ugly World (1/2)
”When I woke up, I found myself in a metallic cell somewhere, tied up in a chair. And, by the time it took me to regain full consciousness and use of my body, I found there to be a man on the other side of the table.”
”I remember this exact scene almost like it was yesterday... It was a middle-aged blonde-haired man with a deep gaze that could damn well kill if he wanted to… He sat with a pile of papers in front of him, his hands clasped on the table with a serious expression. From his clothing, I could immediately tell he was a captain, which he revealed himself to be soon after anyways.”
”He was captain Conwell. By the time I woke up, he and his team had already done analysis on my body and investigated all there was at the orphanage and its destruction.”
”Looking at him at the time, I was filled with dread unlike any other, and deep down In my heart I knew it was over… I was gonna die… That was when Yami once again came to my rescue and lashed out at the man without him even speaking a word. Yet, despite her efforts, she was not able to move out of the chair no matter how hard she struggled and raged it was all useless as the man stayed completely calm, looking at us without speaking a word.”
”Eventually, even Yami's mana had to run dry and she had to calm down, which was when the captain introduced himself and dropped the bombshell on us. Apparently, the military found me to be quite peculiar and interesting due to my power... They had deemed the destruction of the orphanage justified and they were willing to keep it all a secret and sweep it under the rug. And, in return, I would be kept safe and a secret in their labs and training camps.”
”I was in no position to deny their request. There was never really an option, so I accepted.”
”There, Yami and I withstood harsh training day in and day out, honing my abilities and skills to the limit. Other than those though, almost robotic instructors, Yami was all I had…”
”My time training in the military labs was not too bad if I'm being honest. I was properly fed, had some free time to play with my sister and didn't get tortured every day by children who looked at me like a poop stain on the road, unless extreme training counted as torture.”
”There, for four years straight I had not spoken a single full sentence to anyone other than Yami that did not consist of simple answers like ”Yes sir,” and ”Right away,”. Being locked up from the outside world made the time go quickly as every day felt almost the same other than my time with my sister. It made me wonder about the mystery of the outside world… What school was like… And what is was to be a 'normal child'.”
”That was when one day, as I was training, I met a new face for the first time in seemingly forever. And, this time… It was someone around my own age.”
”It was a small, red-haired girl and her family, looking at me from the glass of the lab like I was some sort of wild animal locked up in a cage.”
”But, the girl bore a different look to that of her parents, one that was filled with great interest.”
”She talked to them from the other side of the glass , saying things I could not hear. And, before I knew it, there she was in the same room as me, looking at me with a smile.”
”Naturally, I was hesitant to talk to her… I never really had the best experience with kids my age, or anyone for a matter of fact. But, after seeing the deadly glint in my instructor's eyes, I gave in and talked to her.”
”At the time, I felt like it was the best decision of my life… She was so kind and accepting. It completely shattered my expectations of what people were actually like, other than Yami of course. I had made an actual friend.”